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Israeli forces fire at Syrian protesters in Deraa, wounding one 

20 December 2024

Israeli forces have shot and wounded a Syrian protester demonstrating against the army’s presence in a border village ...

Erdogan urges end of foreign support for Kurdish fighters in Syria 

20 December 2024

Turkiye expects foreign countries to withdraw support for Kurdish fighters in Syria after the toppling of Bashar al-Assa...

Two dead as car ploughs into Christmas market crowd in Germany 

20 December 2024

News|Crime At least two people are dead and as many as 68 injured after a car rammed into a crowded Christmas market in ...

Elon Musk backs Germany’s far-right AfD before elections 

20 December 2024

US billionaire Elon Musk has backed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as the European country gears up f...

US Congress debates last-minute spending bill to avert government shutdown 

20 December 2024

The United States is bracing for a government shutdown, as members of Congress race to negotiate a last-minute budget de...

US charges IRGC officer with killing of American citizen in Iraq 

20 December 2024

News|Crime The United States has charged an alleged officer of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) with �...

UNRWA chief slams Sweden’s ‘disappointing’ decision to end funding 

20 December 2024

Sweden will no longer fund the United Nations refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) and will instead provide increased...

Canada’s Trudeau reshuffles cabinet amid persistent pressure to resign 

20 December 2024

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has reshuffled his cabinet, just days after his top deputy resigned in a move tha...

More than 700 killed in siege of Sudan’s el-Fasher, UN says 

20 December 2024

More than 700 people have been killed in el-Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur state since May, the United Nations human r...

Spain court sentences ex-IMF chief to more than four years over corruption 

20 December 2024

A Madrid court has sentenced former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Rodrigo Rato to more than four years in pris...